| Key Terms in Language and Culture Contributor(s): Duranti, Alessandro (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0631226656 ISBN-13: 9780631226659 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $146.47 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306.440 |
| LCCN: 00052930 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.31 lbs) 300 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Key Terms in Language and Culture is a new collection of 75 short original essays written by leading scholars in linguistic anthropology and related fields, and covering the major issues in the contemporary study of language and culture. Together these essays provide a lexicon of language from an anthropological perspective. Each essay includes a brief description of a key concept, the issues associated with the concept, and the major contributions to its study. There is a set of suggested readings at the end of each essay that provides readers with a good starting point for a further study. |